نوع مقاله : مقالۀ پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
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Mystical Tazkirahs, known throughout their historical evolution by various titles such as Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, Vali-namah, and Awliya-namah, are considered one of the most important branches of Sufi literature. The Indian subcontinent, and particularly the region of Kashmir—renowned as "Little Iran" (Iran-e Saghir) due to the prevalence of the Persian language and literature—has been one of the primary centers for the formation and proliferation of this genre. Within this cultural context, the versified Tazkirah Ghawsiyyah, composed by Baha al-Din Mattu (d. 1247 AH), holds special significance as the third volume (daftar) of his Khamsah. This work, written in the Mathnavi (rhyming couplet) form and composed in the poetic meter of Khafīf Musaddas Makhbūn, is dedicated to narrating the lives and miracles (ahval and karamat) of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir Jilani (d. 561 AH), known as 'al-Ghawth al-A'zam' (the Supreme Helper), and his direct and indirect followers, with a particular focus on those who lived in Kashmir. Employing a descriptive-analytical methodology and based on the manuscript held at the Ganj Bakhsh Library in Islamabad (MS no. 8319), the present study conducts a codicological analysis of this work. Furthermore, within the framework of Tazkirah genology, it examines the work's formal and contextual aspects, compares it with other mystical tazkirahs composed in the Indian subcontinent by elucidating their similarities and differences, and thereby establishes the position of Ghawsiyyah as an example of a regional, versified mystical Tazkirah.
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